micro 1
The grey top tubes used for urine micro specimens contain the preservative __________________
boric acid
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) with buffered formalin is the preservative used for _____________ specimens
ova and parasite
_______________________ is the swabs used for the recovery of aerobes and anaerobes
Stuarts/ Amies medium
_______________-- is the anticoagulant used in blood culture bottles
Sodium polyethol sulfonate (SPS)
charcoal media can be used for the recovery of ___________
Neisseria gonnorhoeae
collection, transport, and reception of a specimen is all part of the ___________ phase
preanalytic
Processing, culture interpretation, microscopic examination, and preliminary identification is all part of the _________ phase
analytic
reporting and analysis of results as well as maintenence of samples and records is all part of the ___________ phase
postanalytic
Anaerobic cultures cannot be preformed on __________________ specimens
Bronch washings, feces, mouth, nose, throat, urine etc
the presence of ________________________ in the eye is considered a critical value
Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Bacillus spp
a positive blood culture is automaticsally a _________________
critical valiue
_________ is a nonselective differential media useful in determining hemolysis
SBA
___________ is a non-selective media enriched with X (hemin) and V (NAD) factors
chocolate agar
____________________ are pos QCs for the chocolate agar
Haemophilus spp and neisseria gonorrhoeae
______________ are a selective agar growing only GNB, can differentia between a lactose or non lactose fermenter; excellent for the recovery of enterbacteriacea
Mac plates
EMB plates can be used as an alternative to _____________
mac
___________ is a selective agar used for the isolation of gram positive organisms
CNA
___________ grows gram positives (+ Pseudomonas) and is good at growing anaerobes
PEA
________________= Neiserria
MTM
_________________(causative agent of whooping cough) is grown on a Potato blood agar (or BGA) and Charcoal blood agar (or RLCA)
Bordertella pertussis
Corynebacterium diptheria is grown on a ____________________________
Cystine Tellurite Blood agar, Tinsdale agar, or Loefflers media
Acid fast stainin Carbolfuchsin based stain methods include ____________
Ziel-neelsen stain and Kinyoun stain
Gram positive cocci pairs that are lancet shaped are indicarive of ______________________
Strep. pneumoniae
Large, boxcar like gram positive bacilli is indicative of an infection with _++++++++++++++
Bacillus spp
The PPM group(_______________) are all Phenylalanine deaminase (PD) positive
proteus, providencia, and morganella
E coli is : ___________________________________
Indole +, Citrate -, Urea -, lysine/ornithine -, VP -, LF, and A/A
_________ testing is useful in distinguishing late lactose fermenters from non lactose fermenters
ONPG
Bacitracin/SXT S/R =
Group A strep
Bacitracin/SXT R/R =
Group B strep